Environment Secy Keshav Chandra transferred
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, November 22
Delhi Environment Secretary and a long-time CEO of the Delhi Jal Board, Keshav Chandra, who was at loggerheads with the AAP government on a range of issues, has been transferred, sources said.
As per the order of the Department of Personnel and Training on November 20, the 1995-batch IAS officer has been posted as the Joint Secretary (logistics) in the Department of Commerce, the sources said.
According to the sources, in July this year, the Privilege Committee of the Delhi Assembly had summoned Chandra in connection with a case related to alleged irregularities in the tendering process of 14 sewage treatment plants along the Yamuna. In the meeting, the officer had heated arguments with members of the committee over the issue.
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